The_Wilderness_Idea

The Wilderness Idea The Wilderness Idea 1. The “Wilderness Idea” I believe is different people’s viewpoints on the environment. For example Muir believed wilderness was God’s inventions and should not be tampered with by man. The Indian man in the film basically had the viewpoint that the west or wilderness was not wild until the white man came. Different viewpoints on this idea are what set people apart. 2. Muir believed we should conserve and protect the land. He believed it was already perfect and humans could not improve its status. Therefore we should basically leave the natural resources alone. Pinchot believed we could use the natural resources and they would improve if we managed them. Their viewpoints contrasted in the facet of human involvement. 3. Muir’s family had immigrated from Scotland to Wisconsin and owned a farm. Muir had a very rough childhood. His dad would make him work 17 hour days on the farm and was a very strict disciplinarian. The wilderness was Muir’s escape from his father. He suffered an injury early in his adulthood in which he injured his eyes using a piece of machinery. When muir, pinchot, very, national, environment, believed, wilderness, viewpoints, park, people, man, make, human, during, came, about, viewpoint, valley, tr, should, one, muir’s, land, influenced, influence, idea, founded, both, basically, yosemite, yet, video, value, until, tr’s